The collection describes the settings in which oral information about the past is
communicated, including informal conversations as well as formal interviews. The scope
of the collection includes the role of the person being interviewed within the community,
personal and family experiences, occupations, and events and persons in the community's
past.

WCJC libraries have made these oral history materials available to local researchers
and the community. Copies of these programs can be reproduced from the master tape
in DVD format for general public use. Please email the library with your request at wcjclibrary@wcjc.edu, call the library at 979-532-6509 or complete this online request form.

Information about the program, such as its call number, date of production, title,
specific remarks, and the running time are added to a master list as noted below:

WHARTON COUNTY ORAL HISTORY SERIES PROGRAMS (April, 2016)

Call Number

Year

Title

Remarks

Time

OH-01

11-12-1980

An interview with Francis " Frank" Des Riviers Sorrel

Interviewed by William A. Ansley and Sidney A. Wilbeck

56 min.

OH-02

11-25-1980

An interview with Oryn Andrews " Tom" Tyler

Interviewed by R.D. " Jim" Little, M.D.

60 min.

OH-03

04-23-1981

An interview with Edgar Hinkle Hudgins (ranching)

Interviewed by Stanley D. Irish

60 min.

OH-04

02-02-1981

An interview with Mary Lee Shannon Stevens

Interviewed by Ruth Patton

35 min.

OH-05

06-02-1981

An interview with F.J.L. " Bing" Blasingame

Interviewed by R.D. " Jim" Little, M.D.

60 min.

OH-06

06-03-1981

An interview with William Aldridge Cline, Sr. (history of the Wharton County Abstract
Co.)

Interviewed by William A. Cline, Jr.

60 min.

OH-07

06-09-1981

An interview with Charles Graves Sivells, Jr. (history of public education in Wharton)

Interviewed by Mrs. Lannie B. Williams

60 min.

OH-08

06-23-1981

An interview with Edgar Hinkle Hudgins (Hudgins family and development of the J.D.
Hudgins ranch)

Interviewed by Merle Reue Hudgins

50 min.

OH-09

08-20-1981

The history of the Colorado River raft or natural dam – an interview with Judge Thomas
Henry Abell

Interviewed by Mrs. Eve Bartlett

40 min.

OH-10

10-01-1981

An interview with Charles Washington Dawson (personal history and history of African-American
education in Wharton)

Interviewed by Charles Graves Sivells

50 min.

OH-11

10-15-1981

History of the Wharton Masonic Lodge – and interview with Irving Moore and Vernon
Melton

Interviewed by Henry Smith

55 min.

OH-12

10-27-1981

An interview with Mrs. Elizabeth " Lizzie" Otto (early history of the First Baptist
Church of Wharton and general history of early years in Wharton)

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